f you’ve been autocrossing for
any length of time, you are likely
familiar with rules. No matter
the discipline, participation
usually requires analyzing a set of
intricate rules, and those rules
can be downright intimidating.

Certainly, there is no getting away
RUNNING WILD

With CAM’s break from the rules, this category is not just fun for existing autocrossers,
it’s also a solid membership recruitment tool | WORDS Jason Isley | MAIN IMAGE Anthony Porta

from many of the Club’s rules as
those are in place for the sake of
safety, but others – well, what if
those were eliminated? The result
could be chaos, or it could be
Classic American Muscle (CAM),
one of SCCA’s hottest new
autocrosses categories.

The CAM category as we know ittoday is actually the adaptation ofsomething longtime member andSCCA Regional Solo DevelopmentManager Raleigh Boreen witnessedin 2014. “A fellow in Indianapolisnamed Dave Dusterberg, myself,and our wives were at a Goodguysevent in Indianapolis and they werehaving an autocross,” Boreen says.“He said, how would we get thoseguys to come to SCCA events?”Around this time, Boreen andhis wife Velma were searchingfor ways to assist in SCCA’smembership growth. “Velma and